Stock car



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Patented Mar. 15, 1932 PATENT FICE WILLIAM E. GEDDES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL AMERICAN TANK GAB COEYORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA STOCK CAR Application filed October 20, 1930. Serial No. 490,037.

My invention relates to cars used for the transporting of live stock, certain of the side walls of the car being formed of slats primarily to permit of the circulation of air 1 through the car.

My primary object is to provide a stock car the slats of which are formed of metal of such form that danger of cutting of animals in the car will be avoided.

Another object is to provide a construction of stock car the end walls, as also the side walls, of which are formed of such slats.

Another object is to provide the slats, forming elements of the car, of pressed steel.

Another object is to provide a new and improved construction of car roof, and other objects as will be manifest from the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a broken view in side elevation of a stock car constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged broken section taken at the line 2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the 25 direction of the arrow: the section being taken through one of the side doors of the car.

Figure 8 is an enlarged broken section taken at the line 3 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 4 is an enlarged broken view in vertical sectional elevation taken through one. of the end walls of the car.

Figure 5 is a broken plan sectional view taken at the line 5 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 6 is an enlarged broken plan sectional view taken at the line 6 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; and

Figure 7, an enlarged vertical sectional view through one of the similar slats showing the manner of securing it to one of the upwardly extending members of the wall frame of the car.

Referring to the particular illustrated construction. it comprises an underframe represented at 8 and equipped with trucks at its opposite ends, the wheels of the truck at one end being represented at 9.

The underframe shown is of steel frame construction comprising side sills 10 supportisi ing a wood floor 11 in accordance with common practice.

The car also comprises a superstructure forming a housing for the stock to be transported the particular illustrated construction of housing comprising generally stated upwardly extending trussed side wall and end wall frames forming an openwork structure, these frames being composed of metal end stakes 12 at the four corners of the underframe; intermediate vertical stakes, those at one side of the car being represented at 13, diagonally disposed braces certain of which are represented at 14, and metal top-chordforming members connected with the upper ends of the stakes 12 and 13 and the upper ends of the diagonal braces, the chord member to which the stakes and braces at one side of the car are connected being represented at 15; it being understood that the chord members referred to form a rectangular horizontally disposed frame defining the upper portion of the housing, or body portion, of the car.

The trusses referred to at opposite sides of the car are so constructed as to present door openings, the one at one side of the car being represented at 16 at which horizontally sliding vertical doors are located, the door at one side of the car being represented at 17 and shown as formed of a rectangular framework 18 and slats 19 spaced apart vertically and secured to the door framework, the door being shown as provided with depending brackets 20 at which it slides on a guide 21 secured to the underframe of the car.

The trusses forming the side wall and end wall frames also comprise slats represented at 22 these slats being positioned against the inner surfaces of the trusses to extend horizontally d secured to the stakes and braces of these trusses as by riveting them thereto as indicated at 23, it being understood that the slats 22 extend short of the door openings 16.

As illustrated most clearly in Fig. 6, the end stakes 12 are preferably formed of angle irons and to provide the desired rigidity of the housing, or body portion. of the car at its corners, supplementary angle irons 24 are provided which fit into the interior angles of the structure formed of the slats 22 at the corners, the rivets which connect the slats to the end stakes also extending through the supplemental angle irons as shown in Fig. 6.

The slats 19 and 22 are preferably formed of pressed steel so shaped as to avoid presenting for contact with the animals in the car, edges which would cut or otherwise endanger the animals. Slats of the cross sectional form shown are very desirable, it being noted that each slat is formed with a substantially flat portion 25 intern'iediate its long edges at which the slats lie fiatwise against the menr bers forming the side and end trusses, the portions of the slats at oposite sides of the portion 25 being of concavo-convex form as represented at with their terminal edges thus curving outwardly toward the exterior of the car and preferably extending in contact with the truss members to which they are connected, it being understood that the cross sectional shape of the slats may be varied as desired so long as they do not present objectionable cutting edges.

The slats 22 at the sides of the car and the slats 19 at the doors are arranged in vertically spaced relation shown, to permit of circulation of air through the car. However, it is pref-e red that the slats at the ends of the car be positioned in edge to edge contacting rela tion as represented in Fig. l thereby forming closed. end walls.

Referring now to the particular construction of roof of the illustrated car, the body of the roof is formed of corrugated steel sheeting represented at 27, the sheeting being corrugated in the direction of the length of the car as represented in this figure, the corrugated sheeting 27 extending over, and being connected with, carlins 28 disposed at intervals along the roof of the car and extending *rosswise thereof, these carlins being supported by the vertical truss frames hereinbefore described. The sheeting 27 also extends over, and is secured to, outwardly extending flanges 29 provided along the upper edges of the chords 15 of the side frames and inwardly extending flanges 30 of angle iron members 31 located above the chords of the end frames and forming a rigid part of the latter.

As will be noted in Fig. 3, the carlins 28, which are of angle shape in cross section, have their vertical flanges at their opposite ends partly severed from the horizontal flanges and bent back as represented at 30 to lie against the inner surfaces of the chords 15 to which they are secured as by the rivets 31, the ends of the horizontal flanges of the carlins and represented at 32 extending between the flanges 29 and the adjacent marginal edges of the sheeting 27.

lVhile I have illustrated and described a particular construction embodying my invention, I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto as the same may be variously modified and altered without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A stock car an upwardly extending wall portion of which comprises a framework and metal slats secured to the framework in substantially parallel relation, with the edges of the slats exposed for contact by the animals in the car rounded to avoid cutting the animals.

2. A stock car an upwardly extending wall portion of which comprises a framework and pressed metal slats secured to the f amework in substantially parallel relation, with the edges of the slats exposed for contact by the animals in the car rounded to avoid cutting the animals.

3. A stock car an upwardly extemling wall portion of which comprises a framework and metal slats secured intermedlate their longitudinal edges to the framework in substantially parallel relation, the longitudinal edge portions of said slats being deflected toward the exterior of the car.

4. A stock car an upwardly extending wall portion of which comprises a framework and metal slats secured intermediate their longitudinal edges to the framework in substantially parallel relation, the longitudinal edge portions of said slats being of substantially coneavo-convex form with their extreme longitudinal portions extending in a direction toward the exterior of the car.

5. A stock car an upwardly extending wall portion of which comprises a framework and metal slats of corrugated form secured to the framework in substantially parallel spaced apart relation.

6. A stock car an upwardly extending wall portion of which comprises a framework and metal slats of corrugated form secured to the framework in substantially parallel edge to edge contacting relation.

7. A stock car comprising side and end walls each comprising a framework and metal slats secured to said framework in substantially parallel relation, the slats of said side walls being spaced apart and the slats of said end walls disposed in edge to edge contacting relation.

8. A stock car comprising side and end walls each comprising a framework and metal slats of corrugated form secured to said framework in substantially parallel re lation, the slats of said side walls being spaced apart and the slats of said end walls disposed in edge to edge contacting relation.

9. A pressed metal slat the longitudinally extending central portion of which is substantially flat, its longitudinal marginal edges being of concavo-convex form in cross section.

WILLIAM E. GEDDES. 

